Remote Sensing Applications for the Biosphere

Dear Colleagues,

A very thin layer holds most of Earth’s life in a complex mix of biotic and abiotic factors that interact in a subtle unique and ever-changing play. In this scene, remotely sensed signals result from the interaction of incoming, reflected and emitted electromagnetic radiation (EM) with atmospheric constituents, vegetation layers, soil surfaces, and oceans or water bodies. Vegetation, soil and water bodies are functional interfaces between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. These signals can be measured by optical, thermal and microwave remote sensing, including parts of the EM spectrum where fluorescence can be measured.

This Special Issue of Remote Sensing solicits contributions on strategies, methodologies or approaches leading to the development and assimilation in models of remote-sensing products originating from different EM regions, angular constellations, fluorescence as well as data measured in situ for model development and validation purposes. This Issue aims to publish both review and original research papers related to the following research topics:

• Remote sensing of climate change;
• Remote sensing of carbon and water cycles;
• Remote sensing of biodiversity;
• Remote sensing of food production;
• Remote sensing of food security;
• Remote sensing of nature preservation;
• Remote sensing of epidemiology;
• Remote sensing of anthropogenic and biogenic air pollution.

We also welcome papers presenting insights on the assimilation of remote sensing and in situ measurements in bio-geophysical and atmospheric models, as well as remote sensing extraction techniques themselves.

Finally, this Special Issue aims to bring together scientists developing remote sensing techniques, products and models leading to strategies with a higher bio-geophysical impact on the stability and sustainability of this very thin layer of the Earth on which we live.

Dr. Manuela Balzarolo
Dr. Willem W. Verstraeten
Dr. Frank Veroustrate
Guest Editors

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